[MacPorts] #2365: Add support for non-volatile default conf files

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#2365: Add support for non-volatile default conf files
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  Reporter:  jberry@…             |       Owner:  macports-tickets@…                   
      Type:  enhancement          |      Status:  new                                  
  Priority:  Normal               |   Milestone:  MacPorts Future                      
 Component:  base                 |     Version:                                       
Resolution:                       |    Keywords:                                       
      Port:                       |  
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Changes (by jmr@…):

  * reporter:  jberry@… => jberry@…


Old description:

> It is useful to be able to install as part of a port certain files that
> will not be uninstalled or overwritten
> by subsequent installations or upgrades to the port.
>
> This patch adds support for intallation at activation time of "default"
> files which will not be tracked as
> part of the installed port, and do not overwrite existing files of the
> same name.
>
> The new option activate.copy_defaults accepts [multiple] pairs of src/dst
> file paths. At the tail of the
> activation phase, each src file is copied to its paired dst file iff dst
> doesn't already exist.

New description:

 It is useful to be able to install as part of a port certain files that
 will not be uninstalled or overwritten
 by subsequent installations or upgrades to the port.

 This patch adds support for intallation at activation time of "default"
 files which will not be tracked as
 part of the installed port, and do not overwrite existing files of the
 same name.

 The new option activate.copy_defaults accepts [multiple] pairs of src/dst
 file paths. At the tail of the
 activation phase, each src file is copied to its paired dst file iff dst
 doesn't already exist.

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Ticket URL: <http://trac.macports.org/ticket/2365#comment:5>
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